Fixed #14655 -- Made formsets iterable. This allows a slightly more natural iteration API (`for form in formsets`), and allows you to easily override the form rendering order. Thanks to Kent Hauser for the suggestion and patch.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@14986 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

AUTHORS

@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Brant Harris
     Ronny Haryanto <http://ronny.haryan.to/>
     Hawkeye
+    Kent Hauser <kent@khauser.net>
     Joe Heck <http://www.rhonabwy.com/wp/>
     Joel Heenan <joelh-django@planetjoel.com>
     Mikko Hellsing <mikko@sorl.net>

django/forms/formsets.py

@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ class BaseFormSet(StrAndUnicode):
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self.as_table()
 
+    def __iter__(self):
+        """Yields the forms in the order they should be rendered"""
+        return iter(self.forms)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, index):
+        """Returns the form at the given index, based on the rendering order"""
+        return list(self)[index]
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.forms)
+
     def _management_form(self):
         """Returns the ManagementForm instance for this FormSet."""
         if self.is_bound:
@@ -323,17 +334,17 @@ class BaseFormSet(StrAndUnicode):
         # XXX: there is no semantic division between forms here, there
         # probably should be. It might make sense to render each form as a
         # table row with each field as a td.
-        forms = u' '.join([form.as_table() for form in self.forms])
+        forms = u' '.join([form.as_table() for form in self])
         return mark_safe(u'\n'.join([unicode(self.management_form), forms]))
 
     def as_p(self):
         "Returns this formset rendered as HTML <p>s."
-        forms = u' '.join([form.as_p() for form in self.forms])
+        forms = u' '.join([form.as_p() for form in self])
         return mark_safe(u'\n'.join([unicode(self.management_form), forms]))
 
     def as_ul(self):
         "Returns this formset rendered as HTML <li>s."
-        forms = u' '.join([form.as_ul() for form in self.forms])
+        forms = u' '.join([form.as_ul() for form in self])
         return mark_safe(u'\n'.join([unicode(self.management_form), forms]))
 
 def formset_factory(form, formset=BaseFormSet, extra=1, can_order=False,

docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ the ability to iterate over the forms in the formset and display them as you
 would with a regular form::
 
     >>> formset = ArticleFormSet()
-    >>> for form in formset.forms:
+    >>> for form in formset:
     ...     print form.as_table()
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-title">Title:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-title" id="id_form-0-title" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-pub_date">Pub date:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-pub_date" id="id_form-0-pub_date" /></td></tr>
@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ display two blank forms::
 
     >>> ArticleFormSet = formset_factory(ArticleForm, extra=2)
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.3
+
+Prior to Django 1.3, formset instances were not iterable. To render
+the formset you iterated over the ``forms`` attribute::
+
+    >>> formset = ArticleFormSet()
+    >>> for form in formset.forms:
+    ...     print form.as_table()
+
+Iterating over ``formset.forms`` will render the forms in the order
+they were created. The default formset iterator also renders the forms
+in this order, but you can change this order by providing an alternate
+implementation for the :method:`__iter__()` method.
+
 Using initial data with a formset
 ---------------------------------
 
@@ -50,7 +64,7 @@ example::
     ...      'pub_date': datetime.date.today()},
     ... ])
 
-    >>> for form in formset.forms:
+    >>> for form in formset:
     ...     print form.as_table()
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-title">Title:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-title" value="Django is now open source" id="id_form-0-title" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-pub_date">Pub date:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-pub_date" value="2008-05-12" id="id_form-0-pub_date" /></td></tr>
@@ -77,7 +91,7 @@ limit the maximum number of empty forms the formset will display::
 
     >>> ArticleFormSet = formset_factory(ArticleForm, extra=2, max_num=1)
     >>> formset = ArticleFormset()
-    >>> for form in formset.forms:
+    >>> for form in formset:
     ...     print form.as_table()
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-title">Title:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-title" id="id_form-0-title" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-pub_date">Pub date:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-pub_date" id="id_form-0-pub_date" /></td></tr>
@@ -250,7 +264,7 @@ Lets create a formset with the ability to order::
     ...     {'title': u'Article #1', 'pub_date': datetime.date(2008, 5, 10)},
     ...     {'title': u'Article #2', 'pub_date': datetime.date(2008, 5, 11)},
     ... ])
-    >>> for form in formset.forms:
+    >>> for form in formset:
     ...     print form.as_table()
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-title">Title:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-title" value="Article #1" id="id_form-0-title" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-pub_date">Pub date:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-pub_date" value="2008-05-10" id="id_form-0-pub_date" /></td></tr>
@@ -306,7 +320,7 @@ Lets create a formset with the ability to delete::
     ...     {'title': u'Article #1', 'pub_date': datetime.date(2008, 5, 10)},
     ...     {'title': u'Article #2', 'pub_date': datetime.date(2008, 5, 11)},
     ... ])
-    >>> for form in formset.forms:
+    >>> for form in formset:
     ....    print form.as_table()
     <input type="hidden" name="form-TOTAL_FORMS" value="3" id="id_form-TOTAL_FORMS" /><input type="hidden" name="form-INITIAL_FORMS" value="2" id="id_form-INITIAL_FORMS" /><input type="hidden" name="form-MAX_NUM_FORMS" id="id_form-MAX_NUM_FORMS" />
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-title">Title:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-title" value="Article #1" id="id_form-0-title" /></td></tr>
@@ -360,7 +374,7 @@ default fields/attributes of the order and deletion fields::
 
     >>> ArticleFormSet = formset_factory(ArticleForm, formset=BaseArticleFormSet)
     >>> formset = ArticleFormSet()
-    >>> for form in formset.forms:
+    >>> for form in formset:
     ...     print form.as_table()
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-title">Title:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-title" id="id_form-0-title" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-pub_date">Pub date:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="form-0-pub_date" id="id_form-0-pub_date" /></td></tr>
@@ -393,7 +407,7 @@ The ``manage_articles.html`` template might look like this:
     <form method="post" action="">
         {{ formset.management_form }}
         <table>
-            {% for form in formset.forms %}
+            {% for form in formset %}
             {{ form }}
             {% endfor %}
         </table>

docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt

@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ so long as the total number of forms does not exceed ``max_num``::
 
     >>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, max_num=4, extra=2)
     >>> formset = AuthorFormSet(queryset=Author.objects.order_by('name'))
-    >>> for form in formset.forms:
+    >>> for form in formset:
     ...     print form.as_table()
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-0-name">Name:</label></th><td><input id="id_form-0-name" type="text" name="form-0-name" value="Charles Baudelaire" maxlength="100" /><input type="hidden" name="form-0-id" value="1" id="id_form-0-id" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="id_form-1-name">Name:</label></th><td><input id="id_form-1-name" type="text" name="form-1-name" value="Paul Verlaine" maxlength="100" /><input type="hidden" name="form-1-id" value="3" id="id_form-1-id" /></td></tr>
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ itself::
 
     <form method="post" action="">
         {{ formset.management_form }}
-        {% for form in formset.forms %}
+        {% for form in formset %}
             {{ form }}
         {% endfor %}
     </form>
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ Third, you can manually render each field::
 
     <form method="post" action="">
         {{ formset.management_form }}
-        {% for form in formset.forms %}
+        {% for form in formset %}
             {% for field in form %}
                 {{ field.label_tag }}: {{ field }}
             {% endfor %}
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ if you were rendering the ``name`` and ``age`` fields of a model::
 
     <form method="post" action="">
         {{ formset.management_form }}
-        {% for form in formset.forms %}
+        {% for form in formset %}
             {{ form.id }}
             <ul>
                 <li>{{ form.name }}</li>

tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/formsets.py

@@ -767,6 +767,38 @@ class FormsFormsetTestCase(TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(formset.is_valid())
         self.assertEqual(formset.non_form_errors(), [u'You may only specify a drink once.'])
 
+    def test_formset_iteration(self):
+        # Regression tests for #16455 -- formset instances are iterable
+        ChoiceFormset = formset_factory(Choice, extra=3)
+        formset = ChoiceFormset()
+
+        # confirm iterated formset yields formset.forms
+        forms = list(formset)
+        self.assertEqual(forms, formset.forms)
+        self.assertEqual(len(formset), len(forms))
+
+        # confirm indexing of formset
+        self.assertEqual(formset[0], forms[0])
+        try:
+            formset[3]
+            self.fail('Requesting an invalid formset index should raise an exception')
+        except IndexError:
+            pass
+
+        # Formets can override the default iteration order
+        class BaseReverseFormSet(BaseFormSet):
+            def __iter__(self):
+                for form in reversed(self.forms):
+                    yield form
+
+        ReverseChoiceFormset = formset_factory(Choice, BaseReverseFormSet, extra=3)
+        reverse_formset = ReverseChoiceFormset()
+
+        # confirm that __iter__ modifies rendering order
+        # compare forms from "reverse" formset with forms from original formset
+        self.assertEqual(str(reverse_formset[0]), str(forms[-1]))
+        self.assertEqual(str(reverse_formset[1]), str(forms[-2]))
+        self.assertEqual(len(reverse_formset), len(forms))
 
 data = {
     'choices-TOTAL_FORMS': '1', # the number of forms rendered